1700-1800 Palo Alto, 14 November 2022
0900-1000 Singapore, 15 November 2022
This event is OFF THE RECORD.
US-India relations appeared to hit a plateau in 2022. The two countries’ different responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine exposed the depth of India’s long-standing defense dependence on Russia. That lingering relationship still inhibits the current-day US-India security partnership. How can the United States and India work to surmount this hurdle? This webinar presents research-in-progress by Erin Mello, a visiting scholar at APARC. It examines the impediments to deepening the US-India defense relationship, and each side’s current strategic priorities; and offers policy recommendations, at both the strategic and operational levels, to help offset India’s dependence on Russia.
Panelists
Erin Mello is a Visiting Scholar for the 2022-2023 fall quarter at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) at Stanford University. Mello currently serves as an analyst for the United States Indo-Pacific Command, and is a member of the Hawaii Air National Guard. While at APARC, Mello is conducting research on building integrated deterrence in the Indo-Pacific, examining barriers to U.S.-India security cooperation, and how to overcome them.
S. Paul Kapur is a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a visiting fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He recently served in government, in the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff, working on issues related to South and Central Asia, Indo-Pacific strategy, and U.S.-India relations. He the author of two books, and coauthor of a third, and also consults for the US Department of Defense. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago.
Yogesh Joshi is a Research Fellow at the Institute for South Asia Studies at the National University of Singapore. His research focuses on India’s foreign and security policy, and especially the evolution of India’s military power and its approach to the use of force. He is the coauthor of three books, including two on India’s nuclear forces, policy, and doctrine. Prior to joining NUS, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford, and he holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Moderator:
Arzan Tarapore is the South Asia research scholar at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University, where he leads the South Asia Initiative. His research focuses on military strategy, Indian defense policy, and contemporary Indo-Pacific security issues. Prior to his scholarly career, he served as an analyst in the Australian Defence Department. Arzan holds a PhD from King’s College London.
